BOSTON — On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell's "An Elementary Treatise on Electricity" from the New Bedford Free ...

Philly residents checked out all kinds of books from the Free Library this past year — but one twisty, time-jumping mystery ...

"All of us are just, you know, wondering where the book could have been for so long," said the director of the St. Helena Public Library Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has ...

Almost two thirds of library staffers think no topic should be off limits when it comes to library books, at a time when thousands of book titles about LGBTQ+ characters, race, and racism, and those ...

They can close the book on this. An overdue book was recently returned to a suburban New York library nearly 90 years to the day it was checked out — and only incurred a surprisingly low $5 late fee.

There's a new (and easy) way to share banned books in your community. Here's what to know, according to someone who fights book bans across the country. It started as a random act of kindness: ...

For months, Carolyn Harrison and a small band of activists have been setting up folding tables with an array of what they call "bad books" outside the public library in Idaho Falls, Idaho. As Harrison ...

As book bans spike nationwide, access to particular texts varies tremendously depending on where readers are located. “If you’re after a particular title by Toni Morrison or Margaret Atwood,” writes ...

Every year, librarians at West Valley High School Library create a masterpiece in the library — a holiday tree made out of ...

The Boston Public Library released its 2025 "BPL Wrapped" lists for the year, documenting the most-borrowed books of 2025.

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The Ferguson Library is collecting gently used books and other media during a Book Donation Day on Saturday, Jan. 3, at the ...